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157 Cards in this Set
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RAILLERY
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LIGHTHEARTED JESTING
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RAFFISH
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LOW, VULGAR, BASE, TAWDRY
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RAMIFY
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TO BE DIVIDED OR SUBDIVIDED; TO BRANCH OUT
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RAMPANT
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REARING UP ON HIND LEGS; UNRESTRAINED
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RARIFY
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TO MAKE THIN, LESS DENSE, REFINE gases condense when cooled and rarefy when heated air at high elevation rarefies, making it difficult to breathe
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RATIONCINATION
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METHODICAL, LOGICAL REASONING
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RAVENING
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RAPACIOUS; SEEKING PREY
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RAVENING
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RAPACIOUS; SEEKING PREY
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RAW
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VULGAR
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REACTIONARY
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OPPOSING PROGRESS
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REBARBATIVE
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IRRITATING, REPELLANT
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REBUFF
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BLUNT REJECTION
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RECAST
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CAST OR FASHION ANEW
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RECOMPENSE
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MAKE PAYMENT TO, REWARD
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RECONNOITER
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MAKE A PERLIMINARY INSPECTION OF reconnoiter the area for a good camp site
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RECREANCY
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COWARDICE, GIVING UP
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REDOUBTABLE
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AWE-INSPIRING, WORTHY OF HONOR he came from a redoubtable family
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REDRESS
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RELIEF FROM WRONG OR INJURY
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REJOINDER
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RESPONSE
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REPINE
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AT: BE DISCONTENTED WITH FOR: TO LONG FOR
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RELEGATE
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TO FORCIBLY ASSIGN, ESP. TO A LOWER PLACE OR POSITION
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RENASCENT
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REBORN, COMING INTO BEING AGAIN
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RENEGADE
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TRAITOR, PERSON ABANDONING A CAUSE
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RENITENT
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RESISTING PRESSURE, OBSTINATE
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REPREHEND
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TO CRITICIZE
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REPREHENSIBLE
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DISRESPECTFUL, BLAMEWORTHY
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REPUDIATE
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DISOWN, REFUSE TO ACCEPT OR PAY the psychic repudiated her claims when it became obvious her client had not won the lottery
To reject the validity or authority of: Chaucer... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it (Joyce Carol Oates). To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation. To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt. To disown (a child, for example). To refuse to have any dealings with. |
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REQUITE
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GIVE IN RETURN, REPAY
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RESTIVE
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REFUSING TO MOVE; RELUCTANT TO BE CONTROLLED, IMPATIENT, UNEASY, RESTLESS
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RETIRING
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SHY, MODEST, RESERVED
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RETRENCH
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CUT DOWN, REDUCE, OMIT, ECONOMIZE
REGROUP, REORGANIZE |
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REVILE
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TO CRITICIZE WITH HARSH LANGUAGE, VERBALLY ABUSE
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RHEUMY
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PERTAINING TO A DISCHARGE FROM NOSE AND EYES
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RIDDLE
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TO PUT MANY HOLES IN, PERMEATE
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RISIBLE
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INCLINED TO LAUGH, LUDICROUS
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RIVET
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FIX, TAKE UP, SECURE; METAL PIN (EX-RIVETING)
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ROAN
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BROWN MIXED WITH GREY OR WHITE
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ROIL
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TO DISTURB OR CAUSE DISORDER
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RUBICUND
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HAVING A HEALTHY REDDISH COLOR; RUDDY; FLORID
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ROSEATE
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OPTIMISTIC
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RUTH
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MERCY
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SACERDOTAL
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PRIESTLY
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SAFFRON
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ORANGE-COLORED; COLORED LIKE THE AUTUMN CROCUS
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SALUTARY
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WHOLESOME, CAUSING IMPROVEMENT
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SANCTIMONY
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SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, HYPOCRITICAL, WITH FALSE PIETY
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SCRIVENER
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PROFESSIONAL COPYIST
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SCRUPULOUS
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RESTRAINED, CAREFUL AND PRECISE
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SCURRILOUS
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VULGAR, LOW, INDECENT
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SCURVY
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MEAN, CONTEMPTIBLE
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SEDULITY
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CONCENTRATION OR BLATANT ATTENTIVENESS
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SEPULCHRAL
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TYPICAL OF A PLACE OF BURIAL
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SERAPHIC
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ANGELIC, PURE, SUBLIME
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SERE
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MAKE HARD AND WITHOUT FEELING , WITHERED
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SERMON
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REPROVING A PERSON FOR HIS FAULTS
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SHIRK
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AVOID A TASK DUE TO LAZINESS OR FEAR
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SIDLE
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TO CAUSE TO TURN SIDEWAYS, TO MOVE ALONG ONE SIDE
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SINGULAR
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EXCEPTIONAL, UNUSUAL, ODD
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SINUOUS
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WINDING, DEVIOUS
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SKEIN
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A BUNCH OF YARN
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SKIFF
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SMALL BOAT
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SLAKE
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TO CALM DOWN OR MODERATE
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SLATE
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PROPOSE; CRITICIZE
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SLIPSHOD
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CARELESS, HASTY
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SOBRIQUET
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NICKNAME
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SOLECISM
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GRAMMATICAL MISTAKE
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SOLICITOUS
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CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE, EAGER
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SOLIPCISM
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BELIEF THAT THE SELF IS THE ONLY TRUE REALITY
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SPATE
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A SUDDEN OUTPOURING
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SQUAT
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CROUCH/SETTLE WITHOUT PERMISSION
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STAID
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SELF-RESTRAINED TO THE POINT OF DULLNESS
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STAND
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A GROUP OF TREES
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STATELY
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GRAND, UNAPPROACHABLE
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STENTORIAN
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EXTREMELY LOUD AND POWERFUL
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STILTED
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STIFF, UNNATURAL
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STRICTURE
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SOMETHING THAT RESTRAINS, NEGATIVE CRITICISM
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STRIPLING
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AN ADOLESCENT BOY
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STULTIFY
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TO IMPAIR OR REDUCE TO USELESSNESS
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SUBLIMATE
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TO REPRESS IMPULSES
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SUBORN
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INDUCE BY BRIBERY OR SMTH TO COMMIT PERJURY
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SUBSUME
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INCLUDE UNDER A RULE
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SUBVERSIVE
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TENDING TO OVERTHROW OR RUIN
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SUBVERT
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TO UNDERMINE OR CORRUPT
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SUMPTUOUS
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LAVISH, SPLENDID
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SUPERCILIOUS
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DISDAINFUL; CHARACTERIZED BY HAUGHTY SCORN
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SUPEREROGATORY
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NONESSENTIAL
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SUPINE
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LYING ON THE BACK; SLOW TO ACT, PASSIVE
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SUPPLIANT
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ASKING HUMBLY, BESEECHING
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SURFEIT
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SATIATE, FEED TO FULNESS OR TO EXCESS
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SWARTHY
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HAVING A DARK COMPLEXION
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SYBARITE
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PERSON DEVOTED TO PLEASURE OR LUXURY
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TABLE
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TO REMOVE FROM CONSIDERATION
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TABLEAU
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VIVID DESCRIPTION, STRIKING INCIDENT OR SCENE
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TAMP
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TAP OR DRIVE DOWN BY REPEATED LIGHT BLOWS
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TEMERITY
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BOLDNESS, BRASHNESS, INTREPIDNESS
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TEMPORIZE
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AVOID COMMITTING ONESELF; GAIN TIME
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TENDER
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TO OFFER FORMALLY
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TENDENTIOUS
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BIASED, FAVORING A CERTAIN (OFTEN UNPOPULAR) POINT OF VIEW..
"a tendentious account of recent elections" |
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TESTINESS
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WITNESS/EVIDENCE
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THRALL
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A SLAVE
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THRENODY
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A SAD POEM OR SONG
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THROTTLE
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STRANGLE
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TOUT
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TO SOLICIT CUSTOMERS, VOTES, OR PATRONAGE, ESPECIALLY IN A BRAZEN WAY
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TRADUCE
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TO EXPOSE TO CONTEMPT OR SHAME; TO REPRESENT AS BLAMABLE; TO
CALUMNIATE; TO VILIFY; TO DEFAME. . Not satisfied with expelling Shelley from their clique, the high school girls went on to traduce her by starting a series of vicious rumors. |
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TRAMMEL
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TO IMPEDE OR HAMPER
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TREMULOUS
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TREMBLING, QUIVERING, FEARFUL. TIMID
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TROUNCE
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TO BEAT SEVERELY. TO DEFEAT
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TURPITUDE
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WICKEDNESS, SHAMEFULNESS
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UNASSUAGED
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UNSATISFIED; NOT SOOTHED
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UNCONSCIONABLE
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UNSCRUPULOUS, SHOCKINGLY UNFAIR OR UNJUST
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UNCTUOUS
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OILY; BLAND; INSINCERELY SUAVE
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UNEXCEPTIONABLE
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ENTIRELY ACCEPTABLE; NOT OFFERING ANY BASIS FOR CRITICISM
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UNGUENT
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OINTMENT
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UNINITIATED
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NOT FAMILIAR WITH AN AREA OF STUDY
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UNSTINTING
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GENEROUS
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UNTOWARD
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UNFORTUNATE, INCONVENIENT, UNRULY, UNSEEMLY, TROUBLESOME
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UNTRAMMELED
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UNHAMPERED
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UNWONTED
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UNACCUSTOMED; UNUSUAL
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UMBRAGE
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OFFENSE, RESENTMENT i took umbrage at his insults
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UPSHOT
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OUTCOME; FINAL RESULT
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UXORIOUS
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EXCESSIVELY SUBMISSIVE OR DEVOTED TO ONE'S WIFE
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URBANE
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ELEGANT, REFINED IN MANNERS
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VANTAGE
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POSITION GIVING AN ADVANTAGE (SUCH AS A STRATEGIC POINT
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VASSAL
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IN FEUDALISM, ONE WHO HELD LAND OF A SUPERIOR LORD;
SUBORDINATE OR DEPENDENT |
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VENALITY
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USE OF POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN
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VERDIGRIS
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GREEN COATING OR PATINA ON COPPER WHICH HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO
THE WEATHER |
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VERDURE
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FRESH, RICH VEGETATION
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VERISIMILAR
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HAVING THE APPEARANCE OF TRUTH OR REALITY; PROBABLE OR LIKELY TO BE TRUE; PLAUSIBLE
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VIAND
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FOOD
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VICISSITUDE
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CHANGE (FROM GOOD TO BAD); CHANGE OF FORTUNE, UPS AND DOWNS
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VINDICATE
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TO SUPPORT OR MAINTAIN AS TRUE OR CORRECT; RELEASE FROM FAULT
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VITIATE
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TO MAKE VOID OR DESTROY; TO RENDER DEFECTIVE It is conceivable that
an error could be so serious as to vitiate the entire body of the work. |
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VITUPERATIVE
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CONTAINING, OR CHARACTERIZED BY, ABUSE; SCOLDING "his vituperative
remarks about silly lady novelists" |
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VIGILANTE
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ONE WHO WITHOUT AUTHORITY ASSUMES LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS
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VIGILANTE
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ONE WHO WITHOUT AUTHORITY ASSUMES LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS
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VIRAGO
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A LOUD, DOMINEERING WOMAN; A SCOLD OR NAG
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VOLUBILITY
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FLUENCY, VERBOSITY, EASY USE OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE
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VOLUBLE
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FLUENT
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VOUCHSAFE
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GRANT CONDESCENDINGLY; GUARANTEE
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WAIF
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HOMELESS CHILD OR ANIMAL
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WANGLE
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TUNNELS IN WHICH RABBITS LIVE; OVERCROWDED LIVING AREA; CROWDED CONDITIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE
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WARREN
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TUNNELS IN WHICH RABBITS LIVE; OVERCROWDED LIVING AREA; CROWDED CONDITIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE
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WASPISH
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RUDE, BEHAVING BADLY
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WAYLAY
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AMBUSH; LIE IN WAIT FOR AND ATTACK
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WEND
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TO GO, PROCEED
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WHIT
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SMALL AMOUNT; SMALLEST SPECK;
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WILLOWY
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FLEXIBLE; PLIANT; SLENDER;
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WINDFALL
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FALLEN FRUIT; UNEXPECTED LUCKY EVENT
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WISPY
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THIN; SLIGHT; BARELY DISCERNIBLE
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WISTFUL
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SADLY THOUGHTFUL (BECAUSE OF DESIRES OR MEMORIES); SADLY PENSIVE; VAGUELY LONGING
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WONT
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(THE STATED PERSON'S) HABIT OR CUSTOM; HABITUAL PROCEDURE;
(as choatic as the holidays are wont to be) (the poor man is wont to complain in this harsh world) |
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WRANGLE
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LOUD QUARREL
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WRONGHEADED
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STUBBORNLY WRONG
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YARN
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TALE, STORY; FIBERS FOR KNITTING
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YEN
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STRONG DESIRE; LONGING; URGE
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YEOMAN
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MAN OR FARMER OWNING SMALL ESTATE; MIDDLE-CLASS FARMER
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YOKE
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TO JOIN TOGETHER
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ZEPHYR
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GENTLE BREEZE; WEST WIND
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